The research focus of ‘Whose best interest?’ is the tension between a strict return policy and the wellbeing of undocumented children living in the family centres (gezinslocaties) of the Dutch Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA). With this project the interdisciplinary research team, led by assistant professor Laura Cleton (ESSB), won the ORS Award in the Societal Engagement category. How does this study make a positive contribution to this highly politicised social issue?
